Well, my DSL is still down. Now the lovely people at SBC have informed me it will be next Friday (instead of last Friday) when it will be back up. If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all.

I happen to be typing from my brother's casa in Dallas tonight. Came down today to visit Mom. Thanks, she's doing okay. She's now living in a nursing home here and - like the good son I am - I came to see her for her birthday. Thankfully, I will be back in Chicago 17 hours (I expect). I was kinda looking forward to getting away from the biter cold there, but, lo and behold, while it was in the '80s a few days ago, it was about 28 degrees today (there's that luck thing again).

I did get lucky when no one sat in the middle seat of the row (I sat by the window). That should count for something, right?

The day turned out all right after all. I got to spend time with my brother and 3 of his kids, I saw Mom, I spoke to a couple of old friends (both of whom I hadn't spoken to in a number of years, visited with someone who was in my NCSY (youth) group when I was an advisor about 10 years (or a millenium) ago, and watched a couple of movies.

But it really is true that you can never go home again (funny, that's what my wife told me when she dropped me off at the airport! - Nah, just kidding). Now, it's bedtime and I need to get some sleep.

If I get access to a computer this week, I'll post again. Thanks for being patient with me.